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February 28, 2024Clinical Gastroenterology and HepatologyOpen Access

Serum Ammonia Levels Do Not Correlate With Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy Severity in Hospitalized Patients With Cirrhosis

Jasmohan S. Bajaj Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos Robert S. Rahimi Zeev Heimanson Christopher Allen Don C. Rockey

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Abstract

Although ammonia is involved in the pathophysiology of hepatic encephalopathy (HE), the use of ammonia levels in clinical practice is problematic.

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Bajaj et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e77206b6db6435876e6c37 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2024.02.015

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